AORE Member Benefits
- Access to member only area of AORE website
- Access to the Association News -- the Association's quartery newsletter
- Discounted registration fees for the Annual AORE Conference
- Volunteer Leadership opportunities within the AORE
- Voting privileges at the Annual Business Meeting
- Consideration to present at the Annual Conference
- Eligible to participate in the AORE's mentor matching program
- Exclusive discounts through AORE vendor member promotions
The Organizational Membership:
The majority of participants who frequent our member programs are young and impressionable. These participants are also educated and interested in life-long leisure pursuits. AORE members have a direct impact on the participant's lives that they interact with and facilitate. The Organizational Membership Category was designed for programs who want to offer multiple students or professionals exposure to the AORE.
When deciding between the Organizational and Professional membership, you may want to consider the following benefits:
- The Organizational Membership allows you to discount on 6 additional student or professional AORE memberships at 20% off.
- The Organizational Membership allows you to purchase an OutdoorEd.Com Annual profile at 50% off listed rates on OutdoorEd.com.
- The Organizational Membership allows you to increase program awareness via your weblink from the AORE website.
- The Organizational Membership tier has greater purchasing opportunities, including deeper discounts from Vendor members.
The Vendor Membership:
Why should your organization be involved with the AORE as a Vendor Member?
Exposure that Works:
- Targeted Exposure: marketing your products and services to the AORE membership allows you to have direct contact with the largest group of outdoor recreation and education administrators, leaders, and instructors in the world.
- Exponential Exposure: Over 575 AORE Members employ over 8,000 staff, who in turn serve over 1.5 million participants each year. Having your products and services in our programs and on the backs of our professionals, instructors, students, and staff allows you to market to a broad audience at a minimal cost.
- Meaningful Exposure: Our members conduct thousands of educational programs each year that include information on equipment features, services, and resources in outdoor recreation and education. Through your AORE Vendor Membership, you have the opportunity to educate members on your products and their features, or your services, expand your reach in brand advocacy, and connect your products to programs that promote safety and environmental stewardship.
- International Exposure: Our members represent or utilize outdoor recreation and education programs around the globe. Maximizing your membership benefits through sponsorship opportunities will allow you to have global exposure to the largest, most affluent segment of the outdoor industry market.
Loyal Membership: The AORE seeks vendor members who closely align with its mission and provide the products and services that work best for our member programs. The AORE membership is loyal to vendor members in purchasing and other collaborative efforts.
First Impressions: The majority of participants who frequent our member programs are wide-eyed. These participants are also educated and interested in life-long leisure pursuits. Through your vendor membership you have an opportunity to expose your products and services to this important target market group and develop customers that will stay with you for years to come.
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AORE MOU Partners
American Canoe Association
- AORE and ACA sign Memorandum of Understanding
- The American Canoe Association is a member based, national nonprofit organization serving the
broader paddling public by providing education related to all aspects of paddling; stewardship
support to help protect paddling environments; and sanctioning of programs and events to
promote paddle sport competition and recreation (aka FUN!)
International Mountain Biking Association-
- AORE and IMBA sign Memorandum of Understanding
- The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) recently presented a
workshop at the AORE Conference in San Antonio and spoke as part of the bike
industry panel during the AORE Bike Summit. The goal of IMBA's partnership with
AORE is to help advance mountain biking programs, sustainable trails and provide
resources to AORE members. All AORE members are invited to affiliate with
IMBA.
Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and Leadership
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The journal's mission is to improve outdoor recreation, education,
and leadership through the publication and dissemination of
peer-reviewed manuscripts centered on professional practice, research,
and theoretical discussions.
The Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership
encourages manuscript submissions from authors inside and outside of
academia.
National Outdoor Book Awards
- The National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) is the outdoor world's largest and most prestigious
book award program. It is a non-profit, educational program, sponsored by the NOBA
Foundation,Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education, and Idaho State University.
The purpose of the Awards is to recognize and encourage outstanding writing and publishing.
Each fall in early November, the NOBA Foundation announces the winners of the nine categories
making up the program, including History, Literature, Children, Nature, Instructional, Adventure
Guidebook, Nature Guidebook, Design, and Outdoor Classic.
NIRSA
- The mission of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association
is to provide for the education and development of professional and
student members and to foster quality recreational programs, facilities
and services for diverse populations. NIRSA demonstrates its commitment
to excellence by utilizing resources that promote ethical and healthy
lifestyle choices.
OutdoorEd
- OutdoorEd.com is the premiere outdoor education Web resource. Our mission is
to provide the best collection of online resources for outdoor education
professionals. Whether you are looking for a job, developing a new program or
looking for risk management resources, when people want information about
outdoor education, they turn to OutdoorEd.com.
NIRSA Conference and Expo- March 27-30, 2012
ACA National Paddlesports Conference- November 2-4, 2012
IMBA National Bike Summit- March 20-22, 2012